Graduate of the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Wrocław. In 2024 she obtained a Master’s degree in Medical Chemistry and is currently pursuing her PhD at the Doctoral School of Chemistry.

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Her research interests have developed since her master’s studies, when she joined the OPUS-21 project funded by the National Science Centre Poland under the supervision of Dr. Joanna Wątły. In her master’s thesis she characterized a native fragment of the salivary glycoprotein MUC7 and its peptidomimetic analogue, demonstrating differences in metal-ion binding thermodynamics, biological activity, and enzymatic stability. The project was conducted in collaboration with the University of Ferrara, where she also expanded her research skills.

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Her thesis was defended with distinction and received the award for the best master’s thesis granted by the Wrocław Division of the Polish Chemical Society. She currently continues her research as a PhD fellow within the NCN OPUS-21 project and participates as a researcher in the Polish-Italian NAWA Canaletto grant in collaboration with the University of Parma.

She is also actively involved in science outreach activities, including the Lower Silesian Science Festival, and engages in mentoring younger students, promoting interest in chemistry and scientific research.

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Publications:

Potoczniak Gabriela, Ślusarczyk Anna, Szarszoń Klaudia, Gawłowski Jakub, Lizak Wojciech, Dzień Emilia, Kozłowski Henryk, Garstka-Litwin Kinga, Dziadas Mariusz, Hecel Aleksandra, et al.
BIOLOGICZNIE AKTYWNE METALOPEPTYDY (BAM): OD HOMEOSTAZY METALI U PATOGENÓW DO PRECYZYJNEGO DOSTRAJANIA AKTYWNOŚCI PEPTYDÓW PRZECIWDROBNOUSTROJOWYCH. Wiadomości Chemiczne, 2026-02-06 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.53584/WIADCHEM.2026.02.22 (PTChem)

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Gawłowski Jakub, Ślusarczyk Anna, Szarszoń Klaudia, Zobi Fabio, Janek Tomasz, Wątły Joanna
Short but promising – how nature modulates the antimicrobial activity of proline-rich fragment of salivary MUC-7. Dalton Transactions, 2025
IF: 3.3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5DT01418B (pubs.rsc.org)

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Ślusarczyk Anna, Wątły Joanna
WPŁYW ENANCJOMERYCZNEJ WYMIANY AMINOKWASÓW W PEPTYDACH ŚLINOWYCH BOGATYCH W PROLINĘ NA WŁAŚCIWOŚCI KOORDYNACYJNE I AKTYWNOŚĆ BIOLOGICZNĄ. Wiadomości Chemiczne, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.53584/WIADCHEM.2025.11.5

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Krynicka Alicja, Lizak Wojciech, Szarszoń Klaudia, Ślusarczyk Anna, Janek Tomasz, Wątły Joanna
Zinc(II) and Copper(II) Binding of a MUC7 Peptide Fragment: Coordination, Thermodynamic Stability, and Antimicrobial Potency. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2025
IF: 2.0
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202500263

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